Frying pan cover



May 21, 1935.

E. u. ROLAND FRYING PAN COVER Filed June 7, 1953 A TTORNE Y.

Patented May 21, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,002,237 FRYINGV PANCOVER Esten U. Roland, Shiloh, Ohio Application June 7, 1933, Serial No.674,666

2 Claims. (01. 53- 1) V h invention re s to covers for o a 6-6. Theblank is then placed in a press-form other cooking utensils. ing die andby a single stroke of the press is cooking d in a u sil, fo mp ygiventhe shape indicated in the drawing and ing meat in a pan, it isdesirable to allow the as above described, with the exception of the sap of m ur f h p n in the form of turned-over edge portion 5. This edgeportion 5 st am. Pa t ular y is this true in fryi g m at 5 may beomitted if desired but where it is us it not y p v st qua y of thewanted it can be a lied by a subsequent opera.- meat as food but enablesit to be browned. Howtion such. as a spinning operation. 7 ever, meatcooked inan openpan will spatter To those skilled in the art of pressingsheet 10 grease over the stove and upon the cook. metal it will be atonce apparent that the cover 10 It is an object of this invention toprovide may be formed by asingle pair of dies. This an improved coverfor pans and the like whichrests upon the fact that'proceeding from thewill effectively prevent the escape of spattered center of thecover,'it"is concave'in the downgrease from the pan and at the same timeallow ward direction only and is of larger and larger the escape ofmoisture therefrom. diameter at all points proceeding from the cen- 15Another object is to provide a cover for pans ter of the dome portion3.. Thus, the die draft and the like having improved means to collect isall in one directionzand a single pair of male grease spattered fromfood cooking in the pan and female dies may be employed and the entireand return it to the pan. operation performed by a single stroke of theAnother object is to provide a utensil cover of forming press. 20 theclass referred to which can'be formed by The flange I is substantiallyin the original simplecutting, pressing and stamping operations plane ofthe sheet metal. from sheet metal. a In operation, the cover is placedupon a pan, Another object is to provide such a cover indicated inbroken lines'at I, and the bead 4 is which will be so cheap tomanufacture as to adof such diameter as to fit substantially just in-25' mit of its being sold in five and ten cent stores side of the upperperipheral rim 8 of the pan and whereby it may go into general use. Iwith the flange I resting upon the pan periphery, Another object is toprovide a pan cover of the as illustrated. All parts of the cover arethus class referred to having contours which will supported above anyfood whichmay be in the render it neat in appearance and easily cleaned.pan; and the rimportion 5 seals the pan at the 30 Other objects will beapparent to those skilled rim portion and thus all moisture emanatingfrom in the art to which my invention appertains. the food in the pancan escape only by way of My invention is fully disclosed in thefollowing the perforations 6-6.

description taken in connection with the accom- Grease which spattersfrom the food will lodge panying drawing, in which:-- upon the innersurface of the dome portion 3 and 35 a Fig. 1 is a top plan view of anembodiment of side wall portion 2 and may flow downwardly my invention;along this inner wall and be deposited in the pan.

Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the cover of The bead 4 thusperforms two functions: that Fig. 1 showing its mode of use inconnection with of generally centering the pan cover on the pan 40 a pansuch as a frying pan. and that of providing a dripping point for the 0Referring to the drawing, I have shown at l grease so that it will notseep outwardly under a circular annular flange, supporting an upwardtheflange portion I. 1y extending generally frusto-conical wall por- Byproviding the side wall portion 2 and dome tion 2 surmounted by a domeportion 3. 3, the perforations 3 in the upper part of the Between theflange portionl and sideportion 2, cover are spaced a considerabledistance from 45 a downwardly extending annular bead 4 may be the foodin the pan whereby there is less liaprovided. The outer annular edge ofthe flange bility that small spatter-mg matter may escape I may befolded over as at 5 if desired. through the perforations 6.

The dome portion 3 is provided with a' plu- A handle I0 may be providedin the form of a rality of perforations 6. button or the like of wood orlike heat non- 50 The pan thusbriefly described may be made conductingmaterial secured to the dome portion from sheet metal. 3 by a bolt IIprojected through a central per- The preferred form of procedure is tocut first foration in the dome, and having a nut l2 on a. blank such asa circular blank from a sheet the under surface of the dome. of metaland to punch therein the perforations Various attempts have been madeheretofore to 55 provide covers of this general class, but applicant isthe first to simplify the construction to such a point that it can bemanufactured and sold at such a low price as to find distribution for itin the low priced chain stores ordinarily known as the five and tencentstores.

Applicant is thus the first to provide a pan cover of this general classfor general use. This results from the fact that all of the essentialparts of the cover, including the side walls 2, the dome 3, the flange Iand the bead 4, may all be produced from fiat sheet metal by a singleforming stroke of a machine press.

Additionally to the foregoing advantages, it will be observed thatvallparts of the cover may be readily cleaned, inside and out.

It will be understood by those skilled in the'a'rt that the metal willdraw most in the side wall 2.

ing stroke, have a tight fit sliding drawing movement relative toeachother.v This may best be effected by'a side wall'portionfl offrusto-conical form as distinguished from a generally dome form.

Thus, the frusto-conical form of the side wall 2 contributes to thecheapness of manufacture of the cover, as above described.

in this connection also, it will be observed that the frusto-conicalportion 2 joins the dome portion 3 by a corner portion of relativelylargeradius,,shown at i3. Bythis means, the relatively large area of thesheet in. contact with the dies at the rounded edge portion l3,-permits'the exertion'of a greater drawing force onithe frustoconicalwall portion 2 without liability of severing the sheet metal at theshoulder portion it which might result if it were a relatively sharpedge.

Thus it will be observed generally that the features of construction ofthe cover of my invention adapt it not only toperform its functions whenmade and in use as a cover but adapt it to the die drawing process bywhich it is made whereby it may be made with the very minimum of cost.

My invention is not limited to the exact details of constructiondescribed and illustrated. Many changes and modifications may be madewithin the scope and spirit of my invention and without sacrificing itsadvantages.

I 'claimi l. A sheet metal cover for pans and the like of generallycircular plan comprising a perforated substantially fiat dome portionterminating in a downwardly curved'peripheral'portion, a frustoconicalside portion of substantial height joining the curved portion and.supported on a generally horizontal laterally extending circular flangeportion, and comprising a downwardly extending circular bead onthe-flange portion intermediate the flange periphery and'thefrustoconical side portion;

2. A sheet metal cover for pans andthe like ''comprising a perforatedsubstantially fiat dome portion, a frusto-conical side portion ofsubstantial height joining thedome portion and suppcrted'on a generallyhorizontal flange portion, and comprising-a downwardly extending bead onthe flange portion intermediate the flange periphery and thefrusto-conical-side portion; 7

ESTEN U. ROLAND.

